Meaning of name Bennett and popularity around the world + anagrams

Chart criteria:
Search another name:

Source

Meaning of Bennett

Origin

Gender

Baby Names World

Blessed

Latin

Masculine

Behind the Name

Medieval form of BENEDICT. This was the more common spelling in England until the 18th century. Modern use of the name is probably also influenced by the common surname Bennett, itself a derivative of the medieval name.

-

Masculine

Dictionary

(Enoch) Arnold, 1867–1931, English novelist.

-

-

Zelo

Little Blessed One

Latin

Male

Baby Zone

Bence
,
Benci
,
Benn

-

-

My Baby Name

Variant of Benedict: blessed. From benedictus meaning blessed. Famous bearers: 6th-century Italian saint Benedict of Nursia founded the Benedictine order of monks and nuns. The Benedictines monastical order.

Latin

Masculine

Baby Names Country

The Latin name Bennett means - little blessed one

Latin

-

Search for Ancestors

&nbsp A contraction or rather a corruption of Benedict, from Benedictus, blessed.

-

N/A

Ancestry

English: from the medieval personal name Benedict (Latin
Benedictus meaning ‘blessed’). In the 12th century the Latin
form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from
the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common
among the Normans. See also Benedict.